For The Love Of God, Believe
For The Love Of God, Believe
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 1700
Year: 2007
Size: H 33cm x W 24cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2024 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2024 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2024 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2024 | SBI Art Auction | Japan | |||
| December 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2023 | SBI Art Auction | Japan |
Meaning & Analysis
For The Love Of God, Believe, is a screen print from 2007, forming part of Damien Hirst’s For The Love Of God series. The print shows a photographic portrait of a human skull in the centre of the composition, the skull entirely covered with diamonds and set with a large stone in the centre of the forehead.
The skull has become one of Hirst’s most celebrated motifs. The sculpture, For The Love Of God (2007), on which this print series is based, has become iconic to Hirst’s name. Fascinated by death as a subject for artistic investigation, Hirst does not represent decay or fear of death with his diamond encrusted piece, but instead transforms this image of mortality into an aestheticised symbol. Hirst’s For The Love Of God series shows up the duality that structures the core of human experience, depicting an object that represents the constant psychic tussle between life and death, beauty and decay, desire and fear, love and loss.
This print was produced in the same year as Hirst’s iconic diamond-studded skull sculpture. Much of Hirst’s printed editions are reminiscent of his most famous sculptural and installation works, making clear his obsession with certain motifs and themes surrounding life and death.
Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.
